Chinese word dictionary

或多或少

huòduō-huòshǎo · more or less

Practice word

Word information

Simplified或多或少

Traditional或多或少

Pinyinhuòduō-huòshǎo

Part of speechGeneral

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

或huò

or, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possibly

多duō

much, many, multi-; more than, over

或huò

or, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possibly

少shǎo

few, little; less; inadequate

How to learn 或多或少

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Words with the same characters

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多duō

many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

多少duōshao

how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

少shǎo

few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom

差不多chàbuduō

almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad

好多hǎoduō

many; quite a lot; much better

或huò

maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or